Well there seems to be some money floating around - this time in Asia with Cathay Pacific in the mood to buy.Cathay has signed a letter of intent to purchase 30 A350-900 aircraft from Airbus, whilst at the same time to exercise existing purchase rights for six Boeing 777-300ERs.Cathay expects the A350s to be delivered between 2016 and 2019, which Cathay say will form its … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2010
Flambe! Engine Fire on a Monarch A320
Drama over the skies of Birmingham this evening a Monarch A321 suffering an engine fire after take off (and for Birmingham Airport - that's high drama).A Monarch Airlines Airbus A321-200, on flight ZB932 from Birmingham to Tenerife with 213 passengers, departed Birmingham's yesterday, and during the initial climb, when the left engine emitted a loud bang,streaks of flames and … [Read more...]
Mexicana: Trouble ahead…..
Mexicana has fallen, and has filed for bankruptcy protection both in Mexico and the USA after failing to reach a deal with trade unions on cost cutting.To stave of bankruptcy, the airline had proposed deep pay cuts for the crews, pilots and a 40% slash on staff. To which the unions disagreed too. Mexicana has said flights would continue while it restructured its … [Read more...]
BA vs Unite: Back to the table, away from the table, make signs at the table that mean nothing at all…
It's been some weeks or days since I've talked about BA and Unite. So lets waste some pixel space seeing what both sides are at.BA and Unite have had a round of talks this week in an attempt to hold off any industrial action - and whilst no fruit is bearing at the moment, they will be meeting again next week.Both parties met at Acas, and discussed what they wanted under their … [Read more...]
FR: Don’t forget to book an extra seat if you’re taking a muscial instrument….
The Daily Hate Mail once again publishes another scare story about Ryanair, with this time Three musicians were left stunned when they were forced to buy additional seats for their instruments. Flying from Frankfurt-Hann to Stansted, the believed they could take their instruments as hand luggage, but discovered before they could fly they couldn't with a cost of extra seats at a … [Read more...]
Airplane p0rn – United 777-200
Another week passes, and it therefore time for some more airplane p0rn.This week, it's an United Airlines Boeing 777-200 in it's old colour scheme and with odd engine access cowling's, at Frankfurt-am-Main, readying for the long journey across the pond to somewhere in the USA. More airplane p0rn of course, next week! … [Read more...]
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